A long-serving employee at Grimsby's Young's Seafood has died suddenly while working at the Humberstone Road factory today.

The emergency services were called to the factory on Humberstone Road at around 12.51pm.

A paramedic, two ambulances and the air ambulance were called to the scene, with the helicopter landing in the middle of Hardy's Recreation Ground.

Ambulance crews and police attend Young's Seafood Factory on Humberstone Road after a worker suddenly died. A Young's Seafood spokesperson said: "It is with great sadness that we can confirm the passing of one of our long-serving colleagues at work today.

"We have worked with the authorities and the next of kin have been informed.

"Any employees affected by this news are encouraged to speak with their HR manager."

An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 12.51pm on February 19, to a premises in Humberstone Road in Grimsby. The caller reported that there was a medical emergency. We sent a paramedic in an ambulance, two crewed ambulances and the air ambulance.”

The family have been informed of the man's death, which is not being treated as suspicious. (Image: GrimsbyLive)

Humberside Police were also called to the factory to assist the paramedics, saying that a man had died in the factory, but the death is not being treated as suspicious.

A spokesperson said: "Officers and ambulance crews attended a report that a man had suddenly died at Young’s Seafood on Humberstone Road in Grimsby around 1.30pm today.

"We are not treating the man’s death as suspicious. His family have been informed and we will be working with the coroner to prepare a file for them."

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